Commentary for Ketubot 97:2

דתנא דבי רבי ישמעאל (במדבר ל, י) ונדר אלמנה וגרושה כל אשר אסרה על נפשה יקום עליה מה תלמוד לומר והלא מוצאת מכלל אב ומוצאת מכלל בעל

For a Tanna of the school of R. Ishmael taught: “But the vow of a widow, or of a divorcee, anything that she has bound upon herself, shall stand against her?” (Numbers 30:10). What is Scripture saying? Has she not been removed from the authority of her father and also from that of her husband?

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